Lydia R. Diamond News

Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Chicago Avenue, is proud present the world premiere of Jade Heart, the spellbinding new play by Senior Network Playwright Will Cooper. Chicago Dramatists' Artistic Director Russ Tutterow will direct. The production will open May 1 in conjunction with the start of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and run through May 30. A special reception sponsored by Pronto 'Za will follow the 8 p.m. performance.

Lydia Diamond's tour de force focuses on upper class black family, but finds common ground with the broader human experience, showing once again that we are more alike than we are different

Following its sold-out run at the Central Square Theater in Cambridge, Harriet Jacobs, Lydia R. Diamond's play that tells the harrowing true story about the life of a slave in the years leading to the Civil War, will make two more stops in New England.

The Huntington Theatre Company continues its 28th season - a season of American stories - with Stick Fly, Huntington Playwriting Fellow Lydia R Diamond's smart, moving, and funny portrait of a complex African-American family.

Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Chicago Avenue, is proud present the world premiere of Jade Heart, the spellbinding new play by Senior Network Playwright Will Cooper.. The production, previewing April 22, opening April 30 and running through May 30, will be directed by Chicago Dramatists' Artistic Director Russ Tutterow.

The Huntington Theatre Company continues its 28th season - a season of American stories - with Stick Fly, Huntington Playwriting Fellow Lydia R Diamond's smart, moving, and funny portrait of a complex African-American family.

Boston's Huntington Theatre Company was recently profiled in the New York Times, where they said they wanted to strengthen their already solid relationship with new playwrights. Boston's largest theatre company already offers fellowships to playwrights and allows them opportunities for readings and feedback from audiences, but Artistic Director Peter DuBois said he wants to encourage new writers even more.

Following its sold-out run at the Central Square Theater in Cambridge, Harriet Jacobs, Lydia R. Diamond's play that tells the harrowing true story about the life of a slave in the years leading to the Civil War, will make two more stops in New England.

STICKFLY will close on February 7 at Arena Stage.

Huntington Theatre Company announces the 2010 class of Huntington Playwriting Fellows: Patrick Gabridge, Martha Jane Kaufman, and Ryan Landry.

The Huntington Theatre Company will open its 29th season with the great American stage comedy, Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's You Can't Take It With You, pending the conclusion of negotiations for a transfer to Broadway.

Due to popular demand, performances have been added this weekend for Harriet Jacobs, the true life story of a slave in the years leading to the Civil War, playing at the Central Square Theater in Cambridge.

Harriet Jacobs' harrowing true story about her life as a slave in the years leading to the Civil War comes to the stage in Harriet Jacobs, a new play by Lydia R. Diamond.

A Play That Proves That Father Does Not ALWAYS Know Best

The Huntington Theatre Company continues its 28th season - a season of American stories - with Stick Fly, Huntington Playwriting Fellow Lydia R Diamond's smart, moving, and funny portrait of a complex African-American family.

The Arena Stage American Voices New Play Institute (AVNPI) in partnership with Georgetown University's Theater and Performance Studies Program presents Black Voices: Stories We're Planning to Tell a public presentation followinga private, two-day convening of 30 of the nation's leading black playwrights and artisticleaders.

The Arena Stage American Voices New Play Institute (AVNPI) in partnership with Georgetown University's Theater and Performance Studies Program presents Black Voices: Stories We're Planning to Tell a public presentation followinga private, two-day convening of 30 of the nation's leading black playwrights and artisticleaders.

Underground Railway Theater presents Harriet Jacobs Inspired by Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl January 7 thru 31, Central Square Theater

Harriet Jacobs' harrowing true story about her life as a slave in the years leading to the Civil War comes to the stage in Harriet Jacobs, a new play by Lydia R. Diamond.